Chapter 012: Why I Was Promoted to Colonel

Until the end of the Battle of the Coral Sea, the devils did not launch another attack in Burma, because their energy was enough to deal with the current Battle of the Coral Sea, and there was preparation for the Battle of Midway a month later, so the speed of material replenishment and reinforcements was not so fast, and the naval battle was over in only a few days, but for China, this was a difficult opportunity, and most of the squadron was resting, building fortifications, or reorganizing, and gained difficult precious time. Wei Lihuang also understood the expeditionary force clearly during this time.

In addition, although the British got in the way, for so many days, the expeditionary force still stored a large amount of weapons and ammunition, and the personnel of the 200 divisions were replenished to half, that is, there was a half-full division. By the time the 10th Battle officially began, the number of expeditionary forces had reached 150,000.

The Japanese army also formed the Burma Front with the 18th Division, the 33rd Division, the 53rd Division, and a reinforced division, the 54th Division, which had more than 100,000 troops and strong troops. The commander-in-chief of the three fronts by the riverside, this person always has a big beard, and he is the one who the expeditionary force can't deal with in terms of equipment, their aviation, because they have a new type of zero fighter, the allies have no aircraft that can be compared with it, and the expeditionary force is naturally incomparable with the devil.

However, the expeditionary force is still transporting troops in a steady stream, and according to the plan, it will take at least 300,000 troops in Burma to keep northern Burma. Chiang Kai-shek also accepted Wang Hanzhang's suggestion, of course, let Dai Anlan put it forward.

The Chinese government now wants to use Burma as a meat grinder to trap the Japanese army, of course, the devils will inevitably be deceived, if they can't take Burma, they can't attack India, and there is no way to cut off China's material aid, so they must fight Burma.

The reason why Chiang Kai-shek and others agreed was also because they saw the benefits inside, since Japan declared war on the United States, a large number of Japan's first-class divisions in China have been sent to Southeast Asia and the Pacific to fight against the US military, and most of the combat units remaining in China are second-rate or third-rate combat units, although the average level is still better than China's, but the gap has narrowed a lot, and the pressure on China's frontal battlefield has suddenly become much smaller.

And a large number of excellent troops are sent away, then the combat effectiveness of the devils will gradually decline, and then the devils will slowly defend, rather than attack, in addition to the battlefield situation in China will improve, and if the people will not fight often, the life of the common people will be better.

There are no regular large-scale wars, the economy will recover, and it is most appropriate to transfer the war to Myanmar, where it will not be Chinese in the future, so it doesn't matter if it is broken, no matter how many people die, there is not much Chinese, if hundreds of thousands of devils are put in China to fight, not only the army will suffer great losses, but at the same time, the civilian people will inevitably suffer hundreds of thousands of casualties.

The location of the war is in Burma, it is more convenient to replenish supplies, the distance is shorter, and at the same time it can keep China's last transportation route, which can be said to kill multiple birds with one stone.

Although Wang Hanzhang did not show his talent in fighting, but the situation is indeed very accurate, usually able to peek at the opportunity, the devil is not something that can be changed by a person, but Wang Hanzhang still changes a lot with his personal ability, at least Lashio was not captured by the devil, but 200 is also eliminated 56 divisions, if Wang Hanzhang did not listen to Wang Hanzhang at the beginning, the current situation between Lashio and Burma will definitely not be so good, it is estimated that Myanmar has fallen into the hands of the devil, and the devil is probably already attacking Yunnan now.

During this time, Dai Anlan not only had to reorganize the army but also deal with reporters from all sides, and finally had to push it to the deputy army commander Gao Jiren, but Gao Jiren still felt fresh at first to deal with Chinese and foreign reporters, and after a few days, he was annoyed, these people all like to fight, and others are not interested, so they dare not be interested in this kind of errand.

Everyone in the 200th Division has something to do, and the division that is not satisfied with the formation is expanded into an army, and the officers in it are appointed, and the work is very complicated, but Wang Hanzhang can't help, and as a staff officer, he can't help much, and he can't help with the training of the army, the Americans sent a consultant to assist in the training, Wang Hanzhang has never been a soldier in his later life, although he has seen a lot on TV, he has no particularly advanced concepts that can be used, and the Americans are much more formal.

In the end, no one was willing to receive Chinese and foreign reporters, so Dai Anlan had no choice but to push Wang Hanzhang, and since then Wang Hanzhang has officially entered the world's field of vision.

And everyone is also very interested, because Wang Hanzhang is too young, the key is that he is such a young officer who is still wearing a colonel, in other divisions or they can associate it with a relationship, this is not new, but the 200th division, Dai Anlan, Dai Anlan's strictness is the world's civilization, and he will never let people who are incapable of life be mixed into his army, Dai Anlan is so strict with himself, and naturally he will not be nepotistic, so everyone is very interested in Wang Hanzhang.

Wang Hanzhang didn't expect that he originally wanted to hide behind the scenes and make suggestions, so as not to attract the attention of the devil, so as not to sleep unsteadily, it seems that the love is not good, the reporters here are friendly, and some reporters are not friendly, for example, the British are always picky when asking questions, and they are obviously jealous of the ** team.

In fact, Wang Hanzhang doesn't like to serve these reporters, but he can't get rid of them, Wang Hanzhang looked at the questions of these reporters, and realized that the media in the Republic of China was originally free like this, and it seems that it is better to control the news.

Everyone looked at a young man in a school uniform, first of all, they didn't say hello, and directly asked Wang Hanzhang's age, and then why he took the position of colonel at such a young age.

Wang Hanzhang knows that the matter of promotion must be explained, otherwise it will be bad for these people to ask around, although some of them will be leaked now, but at least some things can be hidden, such as the attention of a division of the devil this time is his own, then it must not be leaked, otherwise it will not become a thorn in the devil's eye! Wang Hanzhang didn't want that.

Wang Hanzhang beckoned to the reporters in the audience and said, "Everyone be quiet, I will answer one by one." ”

A female reporter said: "Hello colonel, I am the Central Daily, I look at your age, it is estimated that you are in your early twenties, how is it the rank of colonel, as far as I know, General Dai was almost forty years old not long ago, and he is a major general, are you from the 200th Division?" ”

Wang Hanzhang said: "Of course, as for why I am now a colonel, it is very simple, I have made meritorious service, and today we are still in Burma to resist the Japanese army, in fact, half of it is my credit." ”

The female reporter said: "We don't understand? ”

Wang Hanzhang said: "In fact, the original 200th Division was going to Ringanqiang to save the British, because at that time, the British ** team sent a report that they had encountered a large force of Japanese troops, and if they did not support them, they would be annihilated at any time, as the only mechanized division of the expeditionary force, the 20th Division was naturally the best candidate for rescue, so our 200th Division was ready to go to Ringanqiang at that time." ”

Wang Hanzhang bought a pass, drank a saliva, a group of reporters wrote very fast, after Wang Hanzhang finished speaking, they almost finished writing, looking at Wang Hanzhang one by one, as if to say: "You talk quickly!" ”

Wang Hanzhang continued: "At that time, I thought, something is wrong, isn't the new 38th Division over there, why didn't General Sun Liren find out, they just rescued the British, and the cabinet hit the heavy losses, the devil should now prevent the squadron from attacking, it is impossible to take the initiative to attack so soon, according to the character and habits of the British, as well as the performance of the Japanese invasion of Southeast Asia, combined with the current situation of the British, I judge that the British should want to escape, but they are afraid that the Japanese army will fight them, You think they have a large number of expatriates to withdraw, and the speed is definitely not fast, and he wants to deceive the squadron **, and then secretly escape by himself. In Tonggu before, they did that, and the most important thing was that the new 38th Division did not give feedback that the devils were going to attack in a big way. In addition, if I am a devil, then I will definitely give priority to attacking Lashio and Myitkyina, here is the retreat of the expeditionary force, and at the same time Lashio is the logistics base of the expeditionary force, plus the defense is very empty, only if it is not mentally retarded, such an important geographical location will naturally be occupied, as long as the expeditionary force is cut off from the retreat of returning home and occupying the logistics base of the expeditionary force, then the expeditionary force will inevitably be unstable, and even rout, waiting for the expeditionary force is only a dead end, the Japanese can occupy most of China, sweeping the Pacific Ocean shows that they are not mentally retarded, I read it, they may not be able to see it, so I found our division commander and told him my judgment, and finally the people at the division headquarters analyzed it and felt that it was very reasonable, so we first took a telegram to the new 38th Division to ask about the situation, but the new 38th Division was not abnormal, but we couldn't wait, because the devil is estimated to be on the way to attack Lashio, and we can't wait for the new 38th Division to find out the situation, if that is the case, it is estimated that it will waste half a day's time, so our division commander decided that it is more important to guard the logistics base, So the whole division rushed to Lashio non-stop that day, drew up a battle plan before the arrival of the devils, and finally surrounded and annihilated the 56th Division. If we had carried out the order, most of the expeditionary force would have died today, or had been treated as refugees by the British. ”

"And I was promoted to colonel because our division commander felt that if I hadn't reminded him in time, then the 200th Division would not have had a chance to encircle and annihilate the 56th Division's regiment, and even Lashio would not be able to keep it, even if it was discovered later that the British had deceived us, it would be too late for us to rush back. ”